Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The history of
HARTMANN started in 2005 with the debut 'Out in the
cold', often reviewed as 'Album of the month' in a wide range of
rock magazines all over the world. With their successful followers
'Home' (2006), '3' (2009),
'Balance' (2012), the live & acoustic DVD/CD
'Handmade' (2008) and the compilation
'TheBest Is Yet To Come'
(2013) the band has meanwhile worked out their status as being one
of Germany’s best modern hard rock bands that is offering international
high-class melodic rock. The band also enjoys the good reputation as an
outstanding live band and has been called to tour with rock legends as Toto, The
Hooters, Uriah Heep, Edguy, Mother’s Finest, Y&T and others. Their latest
album ’Shadows & Silhouettes’ (2016) has been
accompanied again with a club tour and many festivals last summer.

Now the forthcoming new
album ’Hands On The Wheel’ – way more rough and
rocking and than its predecessor - will be released May 18th 2018 on the
artist’s label Sonic 11 Records in cooperation with Pride&Joy
Music/Soulfood, again co-produced by Sascha Paeth (Avantasia,
Beyond The Black, Kamelot).Including the
participation of guest musicians as Jimmy Kresic (The Roots,
Rock Meets Classic), Karolina Galbavà & Irena
Morisakovà (Hans Zimmer), the album will contain the catchy
singles/videoclips ’Don’t want back down’ and the very
special duet ’Simple man’ feat. Mr. Big
vocalist Eric Martin, accompanied by a huge
promotion-/video-campaign of Germany’s No 1 rock radio station
Rockantenne and a special Facebook & online
campaign.Since the late 90’s
founder Oliver Hartmann is known as a highly respected singer
and guitarist on the international music scene due to four albums with the band
At Vance, studio work for hard rock and metal acts as
Hammerfall, Rhapsody, Helloween or Edguy, as a long time studio and live member
of top sellers as Avantasia and as part of 'Rock Meets
Classic' that is featuring the big names of the international rock
scene: Alice Cooper, Ian Gillan, Uriah Heep, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, Paul
Rodgers, Eric Bazilian, Jimi Jamison, Midge Ure, Steve Lukather, Chris Thompson,
Bonnie Tyler and many others.Besides that
Oliver Hartmann is also fronting the successful Pink Floyd
Tribute Echoes that climbed up to No 20 of the German charts in
2015 with their acoustic live DVD ’Barefoot To The Moon’
and received outstanding critics world wide!Line-up: Oliver
Hartmann (vocals, guitar); Mario Reck (guitar); Armin Donderer (bass); Markus
Kullmann (drums); additional keys by Jimmy KresicWeb:www.oliverhartmann.com / www.facebook.com/HartmannBand